#5A55E5#5A55E5

#5A55E5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.211 H 278.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A55E5
RGB	rgb(90, 85, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(242, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 43.51, -72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 84.61, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.0301 -0.2089)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.211 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6033, 14.3262, 75.7404)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A55E5 #E0E555

analogous

#5598E5 #5A55E5 #A255E5

triadic

#5A55E5 #E55A55 #55E55A

tetradic

#5A55E5 #E55598 #E0E555 #55E5A2

square

#5A55E5 #E55598 #E0E555 #55E5A2

split-complementary

#5A55E5 #E5A255 #98E555

monochromatic

#1E19A6 #2822DB #5A55E5 #8E8AED #C1BFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#5A55E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#5A55E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A55E5

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A55E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A55E5	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a55e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 85, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.211 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9685ee',
    500: '#5a55e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a55e5;
$custom-light: #9685ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a55e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54124,
    "c": 0.21108,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A55E5

secondary

#E4E6B0

accent

#D610CF

background

#FAF8FE

surface

#F3EFFD

border

#CDCAD5

text

#0F0B17

muted

#7F7C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A55E5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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